Kingston 266X 4GB Compact Flash Card

Introducion, packaging, package and specification

Kingston are one of the worlds largest manufacturers of memory and flash memory with a huge annual turnover of $2.2 billion. We've taken a close look at many of their RAM modules with some really hitting some big numbers in our tests.

Now it's the turn of the trusty Compact Flash Card (CF). Those of you with DSLR's will know having a fast CF card in your camera is an essential if you want to take a lot of photo's fast. Let's see how it gets on pitted against one of the best on the market - the Sandisk Extreme II CF Card.

Packaging

Kingston have opted to go with a blister-style package on the 266X CF Card. This is good as it protects the card and also shows off what you are getting.

Limited information is available on the back of the packaging but the basics are there. Kingston have chosen to keep it a little low-key but it looks nice and certainly the card itself is coloured to stand out.

Package

There isn't a whole lot to the package in with the Kingston 266X CF card. You get:

And that's it. In all fairness you don't get a whole lot in other card packages although Sandisk do give you a bag with their Extreme II card.

Now let's see the specs before we go any further:

Data Sheet Specifications:

Data Sheet

Advanced amateurs and professional photographers need Flash memory they can count on for even the most demanding shoots. That’s why Kingston® enhanced our CompactFlash® Ultimate cards. The newly redesigned Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate offers an amazing minimum sustained write speed rating of 266X, making it our fastest card to support high-end digital cameras and devices. It’s designed to deliver superior results with fast data transfer and support for continuous shooting.

With its ultra-fast transfer rates of 45MB/sec. read and 40MB/sec. write, you can capture more continuous, high resolution images in less time with the CompactFlash Ultimate than traditional CompactFlash memory cards. For added peace of mind, CompactFlash Ultimate comes with a bonus download for data recovery software from MediaRECOVER®. With MediaRECOVER, you can recover lost or deleted files and restore corrupt files on Windows or Mac systems.

To ensure that Kingston Flash memory solutions are among the performance leaders in their class, Kingston engineers select high-performance controllers as part of each card’s design. Each card is 100-percent tested and you can rest assured that every CompactFlash Ultimate card has received a perfect score.

Available in capacities up to 8GB*, CompactFlash Ultimate offers plenty of room for capturing and storing high volumes of images in RAW, JPEG, TIFF and other large file formats. As with all Kingston Flash cards, CompactFlash Ultimate cards are backed by a lifetime warranty†, 24/7 live technical support and the legendary reliability that makes Kingston the leader in memory.

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